Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2025 (Videos with subtitles + Slides)

The Comprehensive 2025 Update on Office-Based Primary Care Medicine

Taught Live Online by Harvard Medical School’s Leading Clinical Faculty
Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine will be held online this year, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
OVERVIEW
Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine provides comprehensive reviews of the most important recent advances impacting primary care medicine and guidance to incorporate these changes into practice for state-of-the-art care. Education is practical and results-focused, structured to help you optimize your approach to the wide array of conditions seen in primary care practice.
Our lectures and workshops are designed to provide practical, case-based reviews of physical exam skills, diagnostic techniques, and the latest in disease management. All sessions are taught by nationally and internationally recognized leaders in their respective fields of medicine, and include time for audience Q&A. This year, we are asking specialist speakers to focus on the key takeaways they recommend for busy PCPs.
2025 Updates and Skills Development
This year’s lectures and workshops are fully updated with a focus on the most important clinical challenges affecting the practice of primary care medicine in 2025. Highlights are summarized below.
Optimizing Your Approach to Challenging Conditions

Treating obesity: new medications and lifestyle medicine interventions
Chronic kidney disease management and prevention of complications
Providing equitable care and responding to microaggressions in your practice
Optimal chronic pain management: opioids and non-opioids
Updated approaches to hypertension and lipid care
Practical pointers for treating diabetes, including the newest medications
Congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and atrial fibrillation
Updates on respiratory infections, including COVID-19
Menopause management and treatment of osteoporosis
Treating headaches
Mental health conditions: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and ADHD
Stroke
Assessing and treating alcohol and opiate addictions
Sleep disorders: insomnia and sleep apnea
Pre-op cardiac and pulmonary consultation
“Can’t-miss” diagnoses

New Treatment Options and Guidelines

Breakthrough anti-obesity drugs
New diabetes medications and their impact on kidney and cardiovascular disease
Using the direct anticoagulants
The latest COPD guidelines
Buprenorphine (without the waiver)
MASLD (formerly NAFLD) and hepatitis C
Top primary care articles
Updates in urology
Antibiotics in office practice
Update on thyroid problems
Common eye problems
Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses

Screening and Immunizations in 2025

Update on adult immunizations, including new pneumonia vaccines, the RSV vaccine, and updates to COVID vaccines
Updates on screening for breast, colorectal, lung, cervical, and prostate cancer

Practice Tips from World-Renowned Experts

Optimal time-management strategies from experienced PCPs
Current approaches to anemia
Diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment
Managing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD
Patient information handouts that are relevant to your practice, in English and Spanish
Practical tips for billing accurately and working with health insurance companies

Education to Improve Your Physical Exam Skills and Use of Diagnostic Tools

Evaluating low back pain
Physical examination of knee pain and hip pain
Physical examination of the hand, elbow, and shoulder
Evaluation of peripheral neuropathy
Dermatology updates
Optimal use of cardiac imaging

Treating Obesity

The 2025 program provides evidence-based education to help you care for your patients with obesity, including:

Weight loss medications
Nutrition
Lifestyle medicine

Who Should Attend

Internists
Family Physicians
Geriatricians
Nurse Practitioners
Physician Assistants

…and other medical professionals who want to update their knowledge of primary care medicine

For Family Medicine Practitioners
Topics in the 2025 program of special interest to Family Medicine practitioners include:

Adolescent health
Contraception
STIs and UTIs
Eating disorders

Navigating Non-Clinical Challenges

Topics include:

Billing
Insurance barriers
Drug denials